2016 MotoGP calendar released

MotoGP bosses have today released a provisional schedule for the 2016 season, which will once again see the championship fought over 18 rounds.

The season largely remains the same, but changes to the Formula 1 calendar have meant that most races will take place a week earlier than in previous years.

The British Grand Prix will lose its slot on the last weekend of August and move to mid-July due to a clash with the Spa F1 race, while the Red Bull Ring in Austria joins the calendar in place of Indianapolis.

The season will get underway on the 20th March in Qatar. The second and third rounds have switched places, with the series now heading to Argentina for round two before moving north to Austin.

The first round of the European season will again take place in Jerez, albeit slightly earlier than usual at the end of April.

Valencia will again hold the final round, with the season drawing to a close on November 6th.